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Bunky Brian
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Greetings all, just the thread I was looking for,
Bunky have blundered into a large warehouse with over 400 short boxes of vintage paperbacks, looking for help with anybody that knows, buys, or collects paperbacks,
We are located in the Bay Area, and anybody that might know of or be a collector, dealer, flipper, or have any ability to help move this along to the end user, we would be grateful, thanks Brian 650 888 8472
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On 10/19/2021 at 9:56 PM, RareHighGrade said:
One of the interesting insights that is buried in this lengthy post is the evolution of CGC. What started out as a company that was used primarily to spot undisclosed restoration has morphed into a company that is now used primarily to increase the grades (and related values) of unrestored books. It does this by advocating and being part of a process that involves various physical manipulations, many of which would not have increased a book's value before CGC.
Well said, as if a high priced big shot lawyer type came up with that very detail point , Kudos
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On 10/19/2021 at 2:05 PM, Mmehdy said:" how many TCBC holdouts do you think are left?" answer:..since a lot of those old time collectors seem to not be so vocal on like our boards, I would say a few...but what they have is significant in terms of a GA/SA collection in 2021...some of them impossible to amass today unless you have "impossible collection" money available. Their collections will make GA/SA comic book waves.
"All of you will do the "thing" when you sell" I am assuming you mean pancake, clean and flip and CGC it.
"why keep harping on it as the evil it was called 2 decades ago" and " are you capitulating to realty". I would correct that to say 4/5 decades to go. Because at the time, early on the restorers sold their services forgetting to mention that at some point their restoration would be recognizable, and actually decrease value of the GA comic book substantially . The restoration was sold that you could not tell the difference between any book fixed up and not and that it would help preserve the book in the best possible condition in the long run. Hence a lot GA collectors early on, who were not flipping but wanting to PROTECT their GA book for generations to come. In other words, as it played out most of the early restoration was for long term collectors wanting to preserve their GA treasures, yes some dealers used them to help turn a profit for a quick flip did not disclose the restoration. It just was not right at the time it was sold and how it was sold and did not turn out right after CGC was formed and we as GA collectors in 2021 still feel the effects of those early years. Today, this undisclosed permissible restoration or whatever you call it has turned into a game of stacking new permissible fix after new permissible fix to get the highest possible grade number . They do not care about the GA book itself and what is done it or what it has to go thru in order to get that higher number and the brass ring on the merry-go-round. It is turning GA comic book collecting into a numbers game, not even caring about the GA book. This is madness period. At some point hopefully, our younger collectors will overcome this "numbers game" and go back to real comic book collecting. I care, I hope, I pray we return to collector sanity.
Nice thoughts my friend, but that ship has sailed and never to come back, with the prices we all pay now, the simple times of buying and holding and loving old funny books is a thing of the past, yet we can still enjoy them, for whatever that emotion is, to each of us, regardless of the sky high prices,
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Is this book still here? why?
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On 3/10/2021 at 4:27 PM, ft88 said:
Giant Size X-men VG- $2200 on hold
General wear, no issues. Fully attached cover, no stains or tape. Complete.
I'll take it!!!!!
- BoogieWoogie, nebyort and Arcade
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This Tec 27, WILL "NOT" SELL FOR A MILLION,
I'm betting it gets 850/900 and stops, take that to the bank,
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HI ALL,
Looking for the above, interior pages, prefer time period 1966-1969
Also Kirby FROM HIS TALES OF SUSPENSE run,
thanks Brian
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Sorry to the OP, methinks your 1.5 is a sweet looking copy for the grade, IMHO about 12/14K
BB
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I would consider the 3.5/5.0 in the same price point band, MOL, so that put the 5.0 around 40K? as a benchmark in my books,
if I was bidding on it,
and yes, I will be bidding on it,
great looking 5.0
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11 hours ago, GreatEscape said:
That's really insightful, thanks for sharing. Two questions:
(1) If the art was drawn for the statuette (prior to the cover), this implies it was just another stat on the Superman cover. While it is a stretch to describe as "the only original art created for this cover", the statement is true but not fully transparent without the add'l details
(2) Steve says he had stats redrawn and "placed on the original art board". If the statuette drawing was done on separate board, then Steve had to recreate the art board from a copy or use a blank World Color or Sparta board that was not original. To me, this crosses the line to deception, if not fraud. If Steve had to write the "7 x 10 1/2" and other margin elements (ie, "Sch Apr 1963" or other notes) than it is clearly meant to deceive and con a potential sucker-- er, buyer.
Finally, your comment about "a collector in disguise....they use the dealer advantages" is probably spot on but no harm there as lots of dealers (and a growing number of hybrid collector-dealers) are doing this as differences have blurred over the years. I'm more concerned about the Brothers' reputation, to paraphrase: "PRICE like a collector, BUY like an art dealer, SELL like a used car dealer and CREATE like an artist."
Smells like misrepresentation all the way!
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14 hours ago, Crowzilla said:
Here is a link to the original discussion about it.
The artwork was stolen from DFW Airport, returned to the original owner after a court battle, and then sold privately. It was never offered by Heritage.
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Apologies if and where this may have been talked about,
Was not the splash page offered for sale by HA, than pulled as the page had been stolen from somebody and or found in garage sale?
Details if you have please,
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so I bid you all a GA good by, great stuff Mr Rickster, I leave you in good hands with the Take bot man, and markentoth man, and solar boy man, and every other man on this thread,
William get back to WORK! heheheh,
BB
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Just now, Markentoth said:
I miss hanging out at shows with you...
I MISS YOU BIG BUDDY
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2 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said:
QUICK BATHROOM BREAK!
Now that Bunky Brian is here I am intimidated a bit
I will be back with some more insane gold, including...
A Highest Graded Camp Okajima to close out the show
Sorry, no previews.
REALLY? HURRY UP DON'T HAVE ALL DAY HERE GUY
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6 minutes ago, Markentoth said:
Well, I guess you don't need to anymore...
The "great" MARKENTOTH
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Hey guys can I join?
both books
Paintings and Line Work- Show Off Your Original Pulp Art
in Pulp Magazines
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